My mother's mother was chosen as the Ontario representative for Miss Supercontinental (I think that's what it was called). Sometime in the 50's, Canada got a new train and took it along the Trans-Canada railway. They also chose a representative - A.K.A. a good-looking woman - from each province to go along with it and go across Canada.

Neither of my grandfathers were in any war, as far as I know, but they were both amazing handymen and would fix anything in no time.

My father worked for Albert Spear with out knowing it. He found out later and then laughed his ass of at how weird it was that he shook a mans hand s we had shaken H-itlers hand. He had to make small models of buildings for him.

my great grandfather was working on an (aircraft carriar?i can't remember, i only heard the story once a long time ago, it was some warship) when it was kamikazied. the (captian?) was unconscious/dead, so William Penn McCarty (great grandfather) took control, he ended up saving the crew/boat. he got a silver star and went on to be rear admiral.

But the real Bad-ass: My grandfather. He came home to find his family taken away by the Nazis, got put in a work camp on his 16th birthday, got out, fought with the Russians as a partisan and lived in the woods for 3 years.At this point he knew0 4 languages and the Russians asked him to be a spy (He turned them down He got shot 4 times, once through the knee. They were going to amputate his leg but he said "Eff that" and he recovered. After the war he lived in West Germany and but went over the Berlin Wall. TWICE. Once to rescue people and the second time in his words "To deal with people" (He and a friend tracked down the Piltogg's that killed their families. After that he came to Canada using a dead guy\s papers, got a job in a slaughterhouse and eventually owned a farm. Since then he has had 3 heart attacks, 3 children and quit smoking just by saying "Screw this, smoking is for tools"

Cpt. Zipps wrote:One of the guys who invented Superman is my distant cousin.

But the real Bad-ass: My grandfather. He came home to find his family taken away by the Nazis, got put in a work camp on his 16th birthday, got out, fought with the Russians as a partisan and lived in the woods for 3 years.At this point he knew0 4 languages and the Russians asked him to be a spy (He turned them down He got shot 4 times, once through the knee. They were going to amputate his leg but he said "Eff that" and he recovered. After the war he lived in West Germany and but went over the Berlin Wall. TWICE. Once to rescue people and the second time in his words "To deal with people" (He and a friend tracked down the Piltogg's that killed their families. After that he came to Canada using a dead guy\s papers, got a job in a slaughterhouse and eventually owned a farm. Since then he has had 3 heart attacks, 3 children and quit smoking just by saying "Screw this, smoking is for tools"

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Semaj Nagirrac wrote:Well, I took some land without checking if it was owned by a faction or not. I'm not going to be banned, am I? I can destroy everything if need be.

I never knew my dad's father, but all I've ever heard him reffered to as is "Cap'n Snyder." I don't know his first name.

This man was in the Navy for some length of time, and after his time in the armed forces, he became a tugboat captain on Lake Michigan. I've only heard a few stories, but they're enough proof that he was a totally awesome sailor-man.

My favorite is the one my Uncle Bob told me about when he got back from being all in the Navy during the Korean War. He gets off his boat, and the firs thing he gets is a phone call from Cap'n Snyder.

"Hey, Bob, I need you on the boat. Get up to Lake Michigan. I just threw the First Mate overboard."

Nitewatchman wrote:"Hey, Bob, I need you on the boat. Get up to Lake Michigan. I just threw the First Mate overboard."

Another a family friend told me started with him banging some chick in his bunk on the boat. Cap'n Snyder comes in piss-drunk with a case of warm beer and just sits down next to them and stares for a few minutes. Dann-O just kinda stopped humping and sat there for a bit staring back until Cap'n Snyder said, "So, Dann-O, you gonna drink these with me or what?"

Dann-O then proceeded to drink half a case of warm beer with my grandfather, while a naked woman lay awkwardly in his bed, really confused but smart enough to stay still.